Food given to soldiers in the field or on deployment
The contents of a First Strike Ration, a United States Army field ration for high-energy meals in combat
A field ration is a type of prepackaged military ration designed to be easily and quickly prepared and consumed in the field, in combat, at the front line, or where eating facilities are otherwise unavailable. Field rations are primarily used by military forces, though they are also sometimes distributed to civilians as part of humanitarian aid and emergency management. They differ from garrison rations and field kitchen provisions, which are intended for where proper meals can be supplied and prepared with relative ease and safety, such as in the rear where logistics are steady and fresh food can be supplied. They are similar to, but distinct from, other purpose-designed long-lasting types of food or rations such as emergency rations, humanitarian daily rations, and camping food.
Names used for field rations vary by military and type, and include combat ration, food packet, ration pack, battle ration, iron ration, or meal ready-to-eat (MRE); the latter is widely used but informal, and more accurately describes a specific U.S. field ration, the design and configuration of which has been used worldwide since its introduction. Field rations may be divided into two types: individual rations, which are intended to sustain a single soldier; and group rations, which are intended to sustain multiple soldiers in numbers ranging from a fireteam to a platoon.
A fieldration is a type of prepackaged military ration designed to be easily and quickly prepared and consumed in the field, in combat, at the front line...
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field kitchen, serving as a fieldration and a garrison ration. It is the modern successor to several older alphabetized rations—namely the A-ration,...
offered, the amount of food each ration should contain, and the exact specifications of each meal and ingredient. A fieldration (known under a variety of other...
The Combat Ration One Man (CR1M) is a self-contained individual fieldration in lightweight packaging procured by the Australian Defence Force for use...
without refrigeration for long periods of time. Typically each ration was served in the field in canned food boxes, and cooked near the battlefield. The mess...
States military ration refers to the military rations provided to sustain United States Armed Forces service members, including field rations and garrison...
cheese sauce. The Ração Operacional de Combate – R2 is the current field & combat ration for the Brazilian Army. It is based on the earlier, but similar...
A garrison ration (or mess ration for food rations of this type) is a type of military ration. Usually distinct from field rations, the term has varying...
pronounced "lurp") was a freeze-dried dehydrated United States military ration used by the Department of Defense. Developed in 1964 and intended for wide...
amounts of condensed milk as a fieldration for Union soldiers during the war. This was an extraordinary fieldration for the nineteenth century: a typical...
meat was rationed. Corned beef remains popular worldwide as an ingredient in a variety of regional dishes and as a common part in modern field rations...
The Jungle Ration (or "J-Ration") was a dry, lightweight United States military ration developed by the U.S. Army during World War II for soldiers on...
military personnel packaged within a fieldration, such as the Meal, Ready-to-Eat, Meal Cold Weather, or First Strike Ration. The name comes from the word "hooah"...
ration bar (also known as emergency food bar or compressed food bar) is a type of biscuit generally included in emergency rations and compact field rations...
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The Individual Meal Pack or IMP is one type of fieldration used by the Canadian Forces. The IMP is designed so that a continuous diet provides all the...
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